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Ezekiel 19

BSB·14 verses ·Old Testament
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1As for youוְאַתָּה֙wə·’at·tāh — You; second-person pronoun (singular or plural)H859 — Full Word Study →, take upשָׂ֣אśā — To lift up, raise, or bear; to carry or supportH5375 — Full Word Study → a lamentקִינָ֔הqî·nāh — dirge, funeral lament, song of mourningH7015 — Full Word Study → forאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → the princesנְשִׂיאֵ֖יnə·śî·’ê — Prince, ruler, or leader of exalted statusH5387 — Full Word Study → of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yiś·rā·’êl — God prevailsH3478 — Full Word Study → 2and sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֗wə·’ā·mar·tā — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →: ‘Whatמָ֤הmāh — What? Why? How? (interrogative particle)H4100 — Full Word Study → was your motherאִמְּךָ֙’im·mə·ḵā — mother; female parentH517 — Full Word Study →? A lionessלְבִיָּ֔אlə·ḇî·yā — Lion; symbol of strength and ferocityH3833 — Full Word Study → amongבֵּ֥יןbên — between, among, in the midst ofH996 — Full Word Study → the lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת’ă·rā·yō·wṯ — A lion; fierce predatorH738 — Full Word Study →! She lay downרָבָ֑צָהrā·ḇā·ṣāh — to lie down, crouch, reclineH7257 — Full Word Study → amongבְּת֥וֹךְbə·ṯō·wḵ — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → the young lionsכְּפִרִ֖יםkə·p̄i·rîm — Young lion; fierce strength and dangerH3715 — Full Word Study →; she rearedרִבְּתָ֥הrib·bə·ṯāh — To increase, multiply, grow abundantH7235 — Full Word Study → her cubsגוּרֶֽיהָ׃ḡū·re·hā — young lion, whelp, cubH1482 — Full Word Study →. 3She brought upוַתַּ֛עַלwat·ta·‘al — to ascend, rise up, go upH5927 — Full Word Study → oneאֶחָ֥ד’e·ḥāḏ — One; unity; single; firstH259 — Full Word Study → of her cubsמִגֻּרֶ֖יהָmig·gu·re·hā — young lion, whelp, cubH1482 — Full Word Study →, and he becameהָיָ֑הhā·yāh — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → a young lionכְּפִ֣ירkə·p̄îr — Young lion; fierce strength and dangerH3715 — Full Word Study →. After learningוַיִּלְמַ֥דway·yil·maḏ — To learn; to teach; to become accustomedH3925 — Full Word Study → to tearלִטְרָף־liṭ·rāp̄- — To tear, rend, or devour preyH2963 — Full Word Study → his prey, he devouredאָכָֽל׃’ā·ḵāl — to eat, consume, devourH398 — Full Word Study → menאָדָ֥ם’ā·ḏām — Man, mankind, human beingH120 — Full Word Study →. 4When the nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → heardוַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּway·yiš·mə·‘ū — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → of himאֵלָ֛יו’ê·lāw — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study →, he was trappedנִתְפָּ֑שׂniṯ·pāś — To seize, grasp, or take hold of firmlyH8610 — Full Word Study → in their pitבְּשַׁחְתָּ֣םbə·šaḥ·tām — Pit, grave, or destruction; the grave or hellH7845 — Full Word Study →. With hooksבַֽחַחִ֖יםḇa·ḥa·ḥîm — Hook or clasp for fasteningH2397 — Full Word Study → they led him awayוַיְבִאֻ֥הוּway·ḇi·’u·hū — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → toאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → the landאֶ֥רֶץ’e·reṣ — Land, earth, or countryH776 — Full Word Study → of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃miṣ·rā·yim — Egypt, the ancient nationH4714 — Full Word Study →. 5When she sawוַתֵּ֙רֶא֙wat·tê·re — to see, perceive, behold, experienceH7200 — Full Word Study → thatכִּ֣יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → she had waited in vainנֽוֹחֲלָ֔הnō·w·ḥă·lāh — To wait; to hope; to expect with patienceH3176 — Full Word Study →, that her hopeתִּקְוָתָ֑הּtiq·wā·ṯāh — Hope; expectation; cord of attachmentH8615 — Full Word Study → was lostאָבְדָ֖ה’ā·ḇə·ḏāh — To perish, be destroyed, or lostH6 — Full Word Study →, she tookוַתִּקַּ֛חwat·tiq·qaḥ — to take, seize, or receiveH3947 — Full Word Study → anotherאֶחָ֥ד’e·ḥāḏ — One; unity; single; firstH259 — Full Word Study → of her cubsמִגֻּרֶ֖יהָmig·gu·re·hā — young lion, whelp, cubH1482 — Full Word Study → and made himשָׂמָֽתְהוּ׃śā·mā·ṯə·hū — to put, place, set, appointH7760 — Full Word Study → a young lionכְּפִ֥ירkə·p̄îr — Young lion; fierce strength and dangerH3715 — Full Word Study →. 6He prowledוַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְway·yiṯ·hal·lêḵ — to go, walk, travel, proceedH1980 — Full Word Study → amongבְּתוֹךְ־bə·ṯō·wḵ- — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → the lionsאֲרָי֖וֹת’ă·rā·yō·wṯ — A lion; fierce predatorH738 — Full Word Study →, and becameהָיָ֑הhā·yāh — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → a young lionכְּפִ֣ירkə·p̄îr — Young lion; fierce strength and dangerH3715 — Full Word Study →. After learningוַיִּלְמַ֥דway·yil·maḏ — To learn; to teach; to become accustomedH3925 — Full Word Study → to tearלִטְרָף־liṭ·rāp̄- — To tear, rend, or devour preyH2963 — Full Word Study → his prey, he devouredאָכָֽל׃’ā·ḵāl — to eat, consume, devourH398 — Full Word Study → menאָדָ֥ם’ā·ḏām — Man, mankind, human beingH120 — Full Word Study →. 7He broke downוַיֵּ֙דַע֙way·yê·ḏa‘ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → their strongholdsאַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו’al·mə·nō·w·ṯāw — A woman whose husband has died; widowH490 — Full Word Study → and devastatedהֶחֱרִ֑יבhe·ḥĕ·rîḇ — to be desolate, wither, or be destroyedH2717 — Full Word Study → their citiesוְעָרֵיהֶ֖םwə·‘ā·rê·hem — City; fortified settlement or townH5892 — Full Word Study →. The landאֶ֙רֶץ֙’e·reṣ — Land, earth, or countryH776 — Full Word Study → and everything in itוּמְלֹאָ֔הּū·mə·lō·’āh — Fullness, abundance, or that which fillsH4393 — Full Word Study → shudderedוַתֵּ֤שַׁםwat·tê·šam — to be desolate, laid waste, or in ruinsH3456 — Full Word Study → at the soundמִקּ֖וֹלmiq·qō·wl — voice, sound, or cryH6963 — Full Word Study → of his roaringשַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃ša·’ă·ḡā·ṯōw — a roaring sound, roarH7581 — Full Word Study →. 8Then the nationsגּוֹיִ֛םgō·w·yim — Nation; a people or ethnic groupH1471 — Full Word Study → set outוַיִּתְּנ֨וּway·yit·tə·nū — to give, grant, or bestowH5414 — Full Word Study → against himעָלָ֥יו‘ā·lāw — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → from the provincesמִמְּדִינ֑וֹתmim·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — province; administrative districtH4082 — Full Word Study → on every sideסָבִ֖יבsā·ḇîḇ — around, on all sides, encirclingH5439 — Full Word Study →. They spreadוַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּway·yip̄·rə·śū — to spread, stretch out, or extendH6566 — Full Word Study → their netרִשְׁתָּ֖םriš·tām — Net; mesh; network; trapH7568 — Full Word Study → over himעָלָ֛יו‘ā·lāw — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study →; he was trappedנִתְפָּֽשׂ׃niṯ·pāś — To seize, grasp, or take hold of firmlyH8610 — Full Word Study → in their pitבְּשַׁחְתָּ֥םbə·šaḥ·tām — Pit, grave, or destruction; the grave or hellH7845 — Full Word Study →. 9With hooksבַּֽחַחִ֔יםba·ḥa·ḥîm — Hook or clasp for fasteningH2397 — Full Word Study → they caged himוַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּway·yit·tə·nu·hū — to give, grant, or bestowH5414 — Full Word Study → and brought himוַיְבִאֻ֖הוּway·ḇi·’u·hū — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → toאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → the kingמֶ֣לֶךְme·leḵ — A male ruler or sovereign who governs a nation or kingdomH4428 — Full Word Study → of Babylonבָּבֶ֑לbā·ḇel — Gate of GodH894 — Full Word Study →. They brought himיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙yə·ḇi·’u·hū — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → into captivityבַּמְּצֹד֔וֹתbam·mə·ṣō·ḏō·wṯ — Net, snare, or fortified strongholdH4685 — Full Word Study → so thatלְמַ֗עַןlə·ma·‘an — because of, for the sake of, in order thatH4616 — Full Word Study → his roarקוֹל֛וֹqō·w·lōw — voice, sound, or cryH6963 — Full Word Study → was heardיִשָּׁמַ֥עyiš·šā·ma‘ — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → noלֹא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → longerע֖וֹד‘ō·wḏ — still, yet, again, continuing or additional occurrenceH5750 — Full Word Study → onאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → the mountainsהָרֵ֥יhā·rê — Mountain, hill, or elevated land massH2022 — Full Word Study → of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פyiś·rā·’êl — God prevailsH3478 — Full Word Study →. 10Your motherאִמְּךָ֥’im·mə·ḵā — mother; female parentH517 — Full Word Study → was like a vineכַגֶּ֛פֶןḵag·ge·p̄en — grapevine; vine plantH1612 — Full Word Study → in your vineyardבְּדָמְךָ֖bə·ḏā·mə·ḵā — blood; life force; bloodshed; guiltH1818 — Full Word Study →, plantedשְׁתוּלָ֑הšə·ṯū·lāh — to plant, transplant, establishH8362 — Full Word Study → byעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the waterמַ֣יִםma·yim — Water; liquid; fluidsH4325 — Full Word Study →; it wasהָיְתָ֖הhā·yə·ṯāh — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → fruitfulפֹּֽרִיָּה֙pō·rî·yāh — To be fruitful, increase, multiplyH6509 — Full Word Study → and full of branchesוַֽעֲנֵפָ֔הwa·‘ă·nê·p̄āh — thickly branched, leafy treeH6058 — Full Word Study → because of the abundantרַבִּֽים׃rab·bîm — great, many, abundant, mightyH7227 — Full Word Study → watersמִמַּ֥יִםmim·ma·yim — Water; liquid; fluidsH4325 — Full Word Study →. 11It hadוַיִּֽהְיוּ־way·yih·yū- — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → strongעֹ֗ז‘ōz — Strength, power, or mightH5797 — Full Word Study → branchesמַטּ֣וֹתmaṭ·ṭō·wṯ — Rod, staff, or tribeH4294 — Full Word Study →, fit forאֶל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → a ruler’sמֹֽשְׁלִ֔יםmō·šə·lîm — To rule, reign, or exercise dominionH4910 — Full Word Study → scepterשִׁבְטֵי֙šiḇ·ṭê — tribe; staff; scepter; rodH7626 — Full Word Study →. It toweredוַתִּגְבַּ֥הּwat·tiḡ·bah — to rise up, exalt, or be proud; to make highH1361 — Full Word Study → highקֽוֹמָת֖וֹqō·w·mā·ṯōw — Height, stature, or elevationH6967 — Full Word Study → aboveעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the thick branchesעֲבֹתִ֑ים‘ă·ḇō·ṯîm — Cord, rope, or binding bandH5688 — Full Word Study →, conspicuousוַיֵּרָ֣אway·yê·rā — to see, perceive, behold, experienceH7200 — Full Word Study → for its heightבְגָבְה֔וֹḇə·ḡā·ḇə·hōw — Height, loftiness, or exaltationH1363 — Full Word Study → and for its denseבְּרֹ֖בbə·rōḇ — Abundance, multitude, or great quantityH7230 — Full Word Study → foliageדָּלִיֹּתָֽיו׃dā·lî·yō·ṯāw — Branch, tendril, or hanging vineH1808 — Full Word Study →. 12But it was uprootedוַתֻּתַּ֤שׁwat·tut·taš — to uproot, pluck out, destroy completelyH5428 — Full Word Study → in furyבְּחֵמָה֙bə·ḥê·māh — Intense rage, burning wrath, divine angerH2534 — Full Word Study →, cast downהֻשְׁלָ֔כָהhuš·lā·ḵāh — to throw, cast, or hurlH7993 — Full Word Study → to the groundלָאָ֣רֶץlā·’ā·reṣ — Land, earth, or countryH776 — Full Word Study →, and the eastהַקָּדִ֖יםhaq·qā·ḏîm — east; eastward; east windH6921 — Full Word Study → windוְר֥וּחַwə·rū·aḥ — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → dried upהוֹבִ֣ישׁhō·w·ḇîš — to wither, dry up, or be ashamedH3001 — Full Word Study → its fruitפִּרְיָ֑הּpir·yāh — Fruit; produce; offspring; rewardH6529 — Full Word Study →. Its strongעֻזָּ֖הּ‘uz·zāh — Strength, power, or mightH5797 — Full Word Study → branchesמַטֵּ֥הmaṭ·ṭêh — Rod, staff, or tribeH4294 — Full Word Study → were stripped offהִתְפָּרְק֧וּhiṯ·pā·rə·qū — to tear apart, rend, break offH6561 — Full Word Study → and they witheredוְיָבֵ֛שׁוּwə·yā·ḇê·šū — to wither, dry up, or be ashamedH3001 — Full Word Study →; the fireאֵ֥שׁ’êš — Fire; flame; burningH784 — Full Word Study → consumed themאֲכָלָֽתְהוּ׃’ă·ḵā·lā·ṯə·hū — to eat, consume, devourH398 — Full Word Study →. 13Nowוְעַתָּ֖הwə·‘at·tāh — Now; at the present timeH6258 — Full Word Study → it is plantedשְׁתוּלָ֣הšə·ṯū·lāh — to plant, transplant, establishH8362 — Full Word Study → in the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּ֑רḇam·miḏ·bār — Desert; wilderness; pasture; speechH4057 — Full Word Study →, in a dryצִיָּ֥הṣî·yāh — Dryness, aridity, barren wildernessH6723 — Full Word Study → and thirstyוְצָמָֽא׃wə·ṣā·mā — Thirst; a craving for waterH6772 — Full Word Study → landבְּאֶ֖רֶץbə·’e·reṣ — Land, earth, or countryH776 — Full Word Study →. 14Fireאֵ֜שׁ’êš — Fire; flame; burningH784 — Full Word Study → has gone outוַתֵּצֵ֨אwat·tê·ṣê — To go out, come forth, exitH3318 — Full Word Study → from its main branchמִמַּטֵּ֤הmim·maṭ·ṭêh — Rod, staff, or tribeH4294 — Full Word Study → and devouredאָכָ֔לָה’ā·ḵā·lāh — to eat, consume, devourH398 — Full Word Study → its fruitפִּרְיָ֣הּpir·yāh — Fruit; produce; offspring; rewardH6529 — Full Word Study →; on it noוְלֹא־wə·lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → strongעֹ֖ז‘ōz — Strength, power, or mightH5797 — Full Word Study → branchמַטֵּה־maṭ·ṭêh- — Rod, staff, or tribeH4294 — Full Word Study → remainsהָ֥יָהhā·yāh — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → fit for a ruler’sלִמְשׁ֑וֹלlim·šō·wl — To rule, reign, or exercise dominionH4910 — Full Word Study → scepterשֵׁ֣בֶטšê·ḇeṭ — tribe; staff; scepter; rodH7626 — Full Word Study →.’ Thisהִ֖יאhî — He, she, it; the third person pronounH1931 — Full Word Study → is a lamentקִ֥ינָהqî·nāh — dirge, funeral lament, song of mourningH7015 — Full Word Study → and shall be usedוַתְּהִ֥יwat·tə·hî — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → as a lamentלְקִינָֽה׃פlə·qî·nāh — dirge, funeral lament, song of mourningH7015 — Full Word Study →.”
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Chapter Commentary — Ezekiel 19
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Chapter Overview

Ezekiel 19 presents two interconnected lamentations—one over Israel's royal line and another over the nation itself—using vivid animal and plant imagery. The chapter employs the metaphor of a lioness with cubs (verses 1–9) and a vine (verses 10–14) to describe how Israel's kings were captured and the kingdom was decimated. This is a funeral dirge for a nation's lost glory, delivered during the exile as a sobering account of divine judgment upon persistent rebellion and misrule. The chapter calls God's people to understand the gravity of their sin and the consequences of abandoning the Lord's covenant.

Verses 1–5: The First Lion Cub

The lamentation opens with Israel's mother—the nation itself—portrayed as a lioness dwelling among lions (representing surrounding pagan powers). She nurtures one cub who grows strong, learns to hunt, and devours men (v. 3). This describes a king, likely Jehoahaz, who ruled briefly and wickedly. The nations hear of his strength, but he is trapped in their pit and carried away to Egypt in chains (v. 4). The mother's hope dies with him; she has lost her first son to foreign captivity. This sobering reversal shows how quickly a king's apparent power can be undone by divine judgment.

Verses 6–9: The Second Lion Cub

Desperate, the lioness takes up another cub and makes him a young lion. This second king—likely Jehoiachin—also learns to prey and devour (v. 6). He knows desolate palaces and lays waste cities; his roaring shakes the land (v. 7). Yet like his brother, the nations gather against him from every side, spread their net, and he too is captured (v. 8). He is imprisoned in chains and brought to the king of Babylon, removed so thoroughly that his voice is never again heard on Israel's mountains (v. 9). The repetition of this tragic pattern emphasizes that there is no escape from God's judgment when a nation persistently rebels. Both princes, despite their strength, fall into captivity—a sign that earthly power without righteousness is hollow.

Verses 10–14: The Vine in Desolation

The second lamentation shifts from lions to a vine—Israel herself. Once planted by abundant waters, she was fruitful and full of branches (v. 10). Her strong rods became sceptres for rulers; she was elevated and majestic (v. 11). But she was plucked up in fury, cast down, and dried by the east wind; her strong rods broke and withered, consumed by fire (v. 12). Now she is replanted in wilderness—a dry, thirsty land (v. 13). Fire has consumed her, leaving no strong rod fit to rule (vv. 13–14). The chapter concludes by identifying this dirge itself as a lamentation that shall endure.

The vine imagery stresses the completeness of judgment: Israel is not merely weakened but transplanted from blessing to desolation, stripped of the capacity to flourish or produce righteous leadership. The withering is thorough and lasting.

Application for Today

Ezekiel 19 confronts us with hard truth: sin has consequences, and rebellion against God leads to loss—of joy, security, and spiritual vitality. While this chapter addresses Israel's kings and nation, believers today should examine our own hearts. Do we, like these failing leaders, rely on earthly strength instead of obedience? Are we planted by living waters (Christ), or have we wandered into spiritual drought? The chapter calls us to repentance and renewed dependence on God's covenant grace. Our security rests not in our own roaring power but in humble submission to our King, Jesus Christ.

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